 The state of the site was recorded in the second edition of Henry Rowlands's "Mona Antiqua Restaurata" (published in 1766), based on a report by Rev.Thomas Malbon, rector of Congleton.As the report describes removal of stones for road-building in 1764 (the Ashbourne–Leek–Congleton Turnpike, now Dial Lane, just south of the site), it appears that it was included by Henry Owen, editor of the second edition, and was not part of Rowlands's original 1723 edition.